Four airports in Indonesia will test the GeNose C19 service to detect Covid-19 for passengers. These include Bandara Yogyakarta International Airport, Bandara Juanda Surabaya, Bandara Sultan Mahmud Badarudin Palembang and Bandara Husein Sastranegara Bandung starting from 1 April.
The head of the GeNose C19 development team, Kuwat Triyana, said that he was ready to conduct trial tests of GeNose Services. “We are ready and must be ready,” said Kuwat on Thursday (30/3).
The flow procedures of the GeNose test are still in process to be issued by the Ministry of Transportation and Task Force Covid-19. “Hopefully, we can hear it in two days,” he said.
Regarding the number of GeNose tools distributed to some airports, Kuwat revealed that it would depend on the number of visitors in each airport. He estimated that each airport could use at least 8-10 GeNose units to test approximately 250 people. “If we provide ten units of GeNose, we can test 2.500 people in a day,” he added.
The passengers are recommended to conduct GeNose detection earlier before the departure to avoid the long queue during the test. “Please come earlier, do not come suddenly,” he said.
Kuwat said that he and his team have produced around 3000 units of GeNose. There are also many requests from education institutions, schools, offices, and hotels. The demand for GeNose until next August has reached 50 thousand units. However, UGM is currently able to produce GeNose for 15 thousand units each month. “It does not include requests from abroad,” he added.
Although the demands continually increase from time to time, Kuwat conveyed that this tool will remain to be improved since it relies on artificial intelligence (AI). He also continues to innovate the capabilities of the tool so that it can also detect viruses that have mutated. “We will continue to develop their abilities,” he concluded.
